Charles Butler

Charles Butler was a general of the United States.

Biography
Charles Butler was appointed as the commander of the 30,000-strong US Army, which was stationed in Laredo, Texas, on the southernmost Rio Grande border with Mexico in the case of a revolution against the pro-US government. His army fought in the American Civil War, starting out by occupying Lake Charles in Louisiana from US-occupied Texas, before proceeding to occupy most of the Confederate States along the Gulf Coast.